Below is a piece of background "fluff" to get started, as an introduction to one of the factions in our games: the Blue Tornados Space Marine chapter. (How that fits into Mantic's Warpath will be explained later!)
GCPS CENTRAL COMMAND USENET
HISTORICAL ARCHIVE: D89-H335 ACTUAL
QUERY: BLUE TORNADOS
****SEARCH TERM FLAGGED. NOTE THAT THIS ARCHIVAL QUERY HAS
BEEN LOGGED AND RECORDED****
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FOUND: 5 RECORDS
LIST BELOW, FORMAT: NUMERATOR; DATESTAMP; TIMESTAMP; RECORD
CODE; CLASSIFICATION; TITLE
1; CE40925.06; 071731Z; FLTTRX; OMEGA-2; SIGNIFICANT
INCIDENT REPORT CENTAX OUTSYSTEM
2; ****NOT AUTHORIZED****
3; ****NOT AUTHORIZED****
4; CE40978.11; 300012Z; SIGINT; OMEGA-2; ENEMY TRANSMISSION
INTERCEPT FRAGMENT CENTAX II
5; ****FILE NOT FOUND; ERROR 404****
SELECT RECORD: 1
RECORD TYPE: FLEET TRANSMISSION
RECORD CLASSIFICATION: OMEGA-2 -- COUNCIL OF SEVEN AND HIGH
COMMAND EYES ONLY
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SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT REPORT -- ABBREVIATED
TANGO 1 ****EDIT: OMEGA-2****
DT: 071731Z CE40925.06
LOC: CENTAX OUTSYSTEM
FM: COMD CORPNAV 171 LRP FLT
AT APPROXIMATELY 071506Z DEEPSPACE RESEARCH STATION ALEPH-3, LOCATED AT EDGE OF INTERSTELLAR SPACE NEAR CENTAX
SYSTEM, ABRUPTLY STOPPED TRANSMITTING.
171 LONG RANGE PATROL FLEET SHIPS’ SENSORS PICKED UP AN
UNKNOWN AND IMMEASURABLY POWERFUL DISTORTION WHICH DID NOT ORIGINATE IN
REALSPACE. DISTORTION ACCOMPANIED BY PSIONIC WAVE WHICH ADVERSELY AFFECTED
SEVERAL HUNDRED CREWMEN IN THE FLEET, REQUIRING PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT.
COMMANDER ORDERED FRIGATE SQUADRON 6A, THEN LOCATED 35 AU
FROM DSRS ALEPH-3, TO PERFORM A TACTICAL JUMP INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
MAINTAINING OPEN CHANNELS THROUGHOUT THE OPERATION.
CHANNELS REMAINED OPEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 47 SECONDS
FOLLOWING THE JUMP, WHEN TRANSMISSION WAS ABRUPTLY HALTED. ATTEMPTS TO HAIL
SQUADRON 6A HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.
DURING THE 47-SECOND TRANSMISSION, SEVERAL OBSERVATIONS WERE
MADE BY 171 LRPF COMMAND. STATION ALEPH-3 APPEARS TO HAVE VANISHED. A MASSIVE
AND APPARENTLY UNSTABLE RIFT INTO ANOTHER DIMENSION APPEARS TO HAVE FORMED.
MATTER AND ENERGY ARE BEING EXPELLED OUT OF THE RIFT AND INTO OUR SPACE.
FLEET TACTICAL OFFICER DETECTED WHAT APPEARED TO BE SEVERAL
SPACECRAFT OF UNKNOWN DESIGN AND CONFIGURATION. ONE OF THE CRAFT WAS VERY
LARGE, POSSIBLY COMPARABLE TO A CORPORATION EXCALIBUR-CLASS SUPERDREADNOUGHT IN
MASS. A SUDDEN ENERGY SURGE ALONG WITH WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN HIGH-VELOCITY PROJECTILES
WERE OBSERVED BY SQUADRON 6A’S TACTICAL SENSORS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO LOSS OF
TRANSMISSION.
MAGNIFICATION OF VISUAL SENSORY DATA FROM TRANSMISSION
INDICATES UNKNOWN VESSELS UNIFORMLY PAINTED IN COBALT COLOR WITH WHITE LINES
AND SCARLET MARKINGS. THE LARGEST VESSEL BORE AN APPARENT HERALDIC
IDENTIFICATION SYMBOL, CONSISTING OF YELLOW DIAMOND WITH A BLACK FUNNEL
CLOUD-SHAPED SYMBOL IN ITS CENTRE. FLEET INTELLIGENCE OFFICER’S SEARCH OF
CORPORATION TACTICAL DATABASE RETURNED NO MATCHES FOR THESE MARKINGS.
COMMANDER 171 LRPF INTENDS TO CONDUCT A TACTICAL JUMP INTO
THE AREA WITH THE MAIN BODY OF THE FLEET AND DESTROY THE UNKNOWN VESSELS.
TACTICAL JUMP IS PLANNED FOR 071740Z. CONTACT REPORT TO FOLLOW.
FOR THE GREATER PROSPERITY OF THE SPHERE. COMD 171 LRPF
SENDS.
END TRANSMISSION
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